Task 1: Bolivia fact file

Bolivia

capital: La Paz

total area: 1,098,581 sq km

population: 10,118,683

languages: Spanish 60.7%, Quechua 21.2%, Aymara 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2%

Climate of La Paz

TASK 2 : LOCATION AND CLIMATE ZONES

Task 3 Economic Production:

• What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)?

• 47.88 billion

• How does this compare with the rest of the world?

country comparison to the world: 93

• What is the GDP per capita?

• $4,800 (2010 est.)

• How does this compare with the rest of the world?

• country comparison to the world: 151

• What is the unemployment rate?

• 8.3%

• What is the percentage of People below the poverty line?

• 30.3%

• What are this country's main agricultural products?

• soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber

• What are this country's main industries?

• mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing

• Export partners

• Brazil 43.5%, US 12.3%, Peru 6.8%, Colombia 5.5%, Japan 5.1%, Argentina 4.8% (2010)

• Imports partners?

• Brazil 27.4%, Argentina 17.3%, US 11.9%, Peru 9.6%, Chile 7.8%, China 4.1% (2010)

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Task 4 population size,shape and life expectancy

• What is the total population of this country?

• 9,947000

• What is the average life expectancy?

• 67

• How many children is a woman expected to have in this country? (This is the Total Fertility Rate.)

• 3.1

• Infant mortality rate: total: 42.16 deaths/1,000 live births

2010 Bolivia population

Task 6: Environmental Issues

What is the EPI score given to your country?

• 44.

How does this compare with other countries?

• 137

Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country?

• Sanitation

Bolivia has a sanitation problem. In the Bolivian Altiplano, they just received two new toilets in a school. One for the boys and one for the girls. Before getting toilets the children had to go up behind the school. Seventy per cent of the people used toilets for their intended purposed while the other thirty percent were using them for things such as grain storage. Only twenty-one per cent were using ecological toilets for what they should be used for. Thefirst sanitary aid introduced is clean drinking water. THe water is piped from springs or underground aquifers to in the village.

• Title of Article: A new-fangles device arrives in the Bolivian Altiplano: The toilet
• Publication: Unicef
• Author:
• Date Published: 16 June 201
• URL: http://www.unicef.org/wash/files/4_case_study_BOLIVIA_final_web.pdf

Task 7: Education

What percentage of the GDP is spent on education?

• 6.3% of GDP (2006)

How does this compare with the rest of the world?

• 25

What percentage of the population is literate?

• 86.7%

Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female?

• Male: 93.1% Female: 80.7% (2001 census)

How many years is a person expected to attend school?

• 14 years

Is there a difference between between males and females?

• Yes there is a difference between the two.

Find 3 statistics about Education that you believe provide insight into your country.

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Bolivia : 23.93 Zambia: 48.51

Average years of schooling for adults : Bolivia: 5.6 Zambia: 5.5

Duration of compulsory(primary level) : Bolivia: 6 Zambia: 7

Task 8 -Gender Equality

The gender equality index from social watch



The Global Gender Gap

Overall Score:0.675

Economic Participation and Opportunity:
Educational Attainment:
Health and Survival:
Political Empowerment:

The Maternal Mortality Rate for bolivia is: 180 deaths/100,000 live births

bolivia is ranked 60 in the world - meaning there are 60 countries with higher death rates.